Following the success of our June networking evening, the recent MBF Trade Show was an extremely popular and well attended event. A chance for local businesses to show their products and services to the public.  

Here are some video clips, photographs and comments from the evening. Interviews are by John Warnett, video by Lester Cunningham of Onclick Ltd and photographs by Ian Newton.

Elaine Collins and David Burton of the Marden Business Forum being interviewed by John Warnett at the MBF Trade Show held in the Memorial Hall on the 20th August 2009. Camera by Lester Cunningham

Simon Wright talks to John Warnett about his business at the Marden Business Forum Trade Show.

Christian Hart talks to John Warnett about her business, Harts Office Furniture.

Trudy Westhrop from The Green Door in Marden talks about her business.

"Congratulations on what appears to have been a most successful event last night"
 
"Thank you for inviting me to your Business Forum event, which was great. I look forward to getting an invitation to your September meeting when I will come. Thanks again"
 
"I was overwhelmed by the generous comments regarding my coffee from all quarters. I also received enquiries from businesses that I would not normally identify as potential customers. Thanks again to you and to your many helpers - from what I heard, if you planned to do it again you would need a bigger hall!"

"I thought that last night was fantastic, not only did we have a constant flow of people at our table but we have several very strong leads, one appointment and 5-6 existing customers asked us to do more work for them. For us this was a definite success story. Many thanks to all who organized and set up the event."

"Thanks to all involved in the organizing of last night’s Business Show @ The Memorial Hall. A good start on what I hope will be an annual event, but held after the schools go back in September would be a good idea."
 
"Overall, I thought last night was very good. I spoke to one or two potential customers, but for me it was about visibility rather than getting direct leads."

"Well done on last night. It was a fun evening."

"Thank you for organising the exhibition last night. We had very positive feedback from our posture chairs. We were also able to give advice to many of those who have specific back problems, plus those who wish to prevent them! We had some sales and were able to pass information to other business for future reference. On a personal level, it was nice to meet again with friends from the forum plus get to know others better. I would certainly exhibit again in the future."